By Brian Wright | Maricopa Monitor
The entry could easily be mistaken for a doctor’s office waiting room.
Ponderosa Releaf, a medical marijuana dispensary that opened July 3, has a small but nicely furnished waiting area just inside its front doors, with comfortable chairs and a flat screen TV on the far wall.
But before a patient can enter the room where the marijuana is sold – which is separated by a heavy locked door – he or she must show a medical marijuana card that goes through a computer database with the Arizona Department of Health Services.
